Today in Aviation History: February 11th
The first African American flight attendant is hired, JetBlue begins operations, United completes Pan Am purchase, Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 crashes and much more.
40 Gorgeous Photos Celebrating 40 Years of Embraer
On this date in 1969, Brazil's Ministry of Aeronautics formally created what would grow into one of the world's foremost aircraft manufacturers. Here are some of our favorite photos of Embraer jets and props operating in divers...
Our Amazing #SpotLAX2022 Event Returns This September
SpotLAX returns this September, and once again we've partnered with Crankyflier.com to hold both #SpotLAX2022 and #Dorkfest the same weekend.
WE GAAN: The Horror and Absurdity of History’s Worst Plane Crash
Like most other aviation calamities, the 583 people killed in 1977 when a KLM 747 struck a Pan Am 747 at Tenerife resulted not from a single error or failure, but from a chain of improbable errors and failures, together with a ...
Delta and US Airways Submit Revised New York-Washington Airport Slot Swap Plan
A deal to exchange slots between Delta Air Lines and US Airways at airports in New York and Washington D.C. that at one point seemed dead in the water has come back to life.